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Climatic records for the last 15 years indicate that Bulgaria is experiencing a period of exceptionally low precipitation. The record-setting drought of 1993 can be explained from a synoptic climatic perspective, but the causes of drought condition persistence remains a mystery. Similarly, from the perspective of water supply and use, it is clear that the crisis would have reached disaster proportions if had not economic downturns in industry and agriculture taken place since 1989